33rd annual Rotary Santa Claus Parade opens float registration
Thunder Bay’s annual Rotary Santa Claus Parade is back and is accepting applications for parade floats.
The event put on by the Fort William Rotary, Port Arthur Rotary, Lakehead Rotary, alongside the Thunder Bay Rotary, is entering its 33rd year.
“It’s such a great community event,” said Santa Claus Parade Committee member Allan Kozlo. “You know people will look forward to it each and every year, and it’s just exciting from the Rotary clubs’ perspective to, you know, get together, put this on and just see all the smiling faces along the parade route year after year, 33 years is pretty amazing.”
According to organizers, most years the parade averages just under 60 floats per year, but the hope is to get over 60 this year.
“We’ve already had some float entries to date,” added Kozlo. “We’re encouraging a lot of corporations and organizations within the Community to sign up.”
“There’s no theme per se with respect to the float design, but the creativity that we’ve seen year after year is truly remarkable, and you really see the time and effort that organizations and corporations put into it.”
The parade is taking place on Saturday, November 15, and the starting area is the Real Canadian Superstore.
The action is getting underway at 10:00 a.m. and organizers are expecting a strong turnout as last year’s event saw roughly 20,000 attendees.
The parade route is the usual route from the Superstore along Memorial Avenue ending at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium.
More information and float registration can be found by clicking here.